If you are stupid enough to have bought an iPod and use it to listen to music via 360

[twmac]

As am I, then don't update it, whatever you do.

The 360 will stop recognising it. Apple have, and to be fair they are right, shrugged and said that Microsoft need to release a new patch if they want to work.

In the mean time I'm trying to go through a series of rubbish tutorials to get it to work, which involves downgrading everything.

It has taken me ages to find the right places (I'm useless when it comes to using the Internet) but if anyone is encountering the same problem I'll post the links for the pages IF it works.

And most info seems to suggest that you just need to install the Microsoft optional download, This is LIES.

[Wrestlevania]

Does this only affect the latest generation of iPods? I downloaded a whacking 60MB firmware update for my father-in-law's new Classic last week, but haven't had anything for be 2nd generation iPod nano in a while.

Not had any playback problems before now either, but haven't coupled the two most important sleek, white devices in my life for a few weeks.

[Nachimir]

I have a 2G Nano. It's unlikely I'll hook it up to the 360, but if you solve the issue I'd be interested to hear about it.

[Wrestlevania]

I'm guessing you and I won't have any issues, as the last firmware update for the (2nd generation) nano was released months ago.

[twmac]

Okay, it seems that it isn't the firmware that causes the problem (downgrading firmware seems to be a pain once you've updated it as Apple seem to have stopped the old process from working). Instead the culprit is iTunes itself.

After going through from very complicated and seemingly unnecessary steps I came across this link which seemed pretty easy:

http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.htm

This has a ton of different libraries that you can use to downgrade the library, I downgraded mine to 7.0.2 and now the 360 recognises the thing.

Some people might have trouble trnasfering their existing libraries so someone else posted how to get them to work without having to start all over again (sadly this part I've lost due to my rubbishness). It involved:

1- Copying the Itunes folder in your My documents>My Music folder (this is the default place for it)

2 - Uninstalling the newer version of iTunes and reinstalling the older version

3 - Going back into the newly created iTunes folder in the My Music folder and renaming the iTunes library.itl as iTunes library.itl.old

4 - Copying the same file saved elsewhere into the newly created version of the iTunes folder

Also for the hardcore (and I couldn't get this to work but I did no damage to the pod while trying) there are full firmware downgrades possible:

http://forums.ipodhacks.com/showthread.php?threadid=813

The above link has tons of useful and not so useful threads in their forum.

Downgrading to 7.0.2 seems fine so far in terms of playback and I haven't had any problems but most people who were complaining wanted to go back to an even earlier version of iTunes. The firmware on my iPod politely told me to go fuck myself when I did that so I lumped for 7.0.2.

Also, I haven't tried to use my iPod with a 360 for about 4 months and only discovered this problem last week. I can't be sure when this update happened as I am prone to getting drunk and mucking about on my PC as these forums can attest for.

Which brings to me to a point, when are they going to install breathelisers on laptops, PCs and even games consoles? I'd love to know when I was too wasted to play; having recently engaged in a multiplayer session of Gears of War only to find myself sprawled out on the floor, headset still on head, controller clutched in hand with a big 'Disconnected from host' message floating on the screen (this is the second time this has happened to me) and negative feedback on my profile.

[Wrestlevania]

[Found] myself sprawled out on the floor, headset still on head, controller clutched in hand with a big 'Disconnected from host' message floating on the screen (this is the second time this has happened to me) and negative feedback on my profile.

Negative?!

Facists.

[twmac]

Well, I'm guessing I passed out in the middle of a session, or worse went off on one of my ill-advised rants, who knows I might even have been in a ranked match. Those people take it very seriously.

[Wrestlevania]

Right, finally hooked up my nano and it's working a-OK with the 360.

So I guess the problem just affects current-generation iPods upgraded with the latest firmware.

If my father-in-law leaves his new Classic here sometime over the weekend (he seems determined to loose it at the moment, despite rarely taking it out of its box) then I'll try his and see if it's any different.

[ThunderPeel2001]

The 360 will stop recognising it. Apple have, and to be fair they are right, shrugged and said that Microsoft need to release a new patch if they want to work.

Hmmm. Very odd. Why did they change it so that the XBox 360, and only the XBox 360, is affected? Apple have been a pain lately, what with all that bricking of iPhone business and forcing people to buy their own special video cables (even though there's no reason standard ones wouldn't work if they let them), I do wonder if they're the ones to blame.

Of course I don't have this problem with my Zune!